NIMBY Epitomized

So today is the day.  Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, duly issued visa in hand, comes to my quiet corner of east midtown Manhattan to crazy up the joint.

Jewish organizations and exiled Iranian opposition groups protested against Ahmadinejad's visit to New York over his calls for Israel to be wiped off the map, his questioning of the Nazi Holocaust and Iran's human rights record.

In his maiden U.N. speech last year, Ahmadinejad delivered an anti-Western tirade and offered to share Iran's nuclear technology with other developing countries.

The NYU College Republicans will also be protesting Ahmadinejad's attendance today - check back later for video footage.